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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • To: sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [SM-Discuss] policykit and linux-pam
  • Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:21:29 +0200

Hi everyone,

here's a question that needs a resolution before the next stable can be
released: how do we want to handle the policykit dependency on linux-pam? [0]

Currently that dependency is missing from the spell. If we add it, we
essentially force all gnome users to use linux-pam instead of shadow.
So far we've always given users the choice not to use PAM, and I think
we should continue to do so.

I see two options right now, with one not tested yet:
a) add hard dependency on linux-pam to policykit
b) remove polkit-agent-helper from the policykit build if pam is not
available

Upstream currently only supports linux-pam, although a shadow backend
for the agent would be added by upstream if someone writes it[1].
I will try option b), but I'm not sure how much I can test if it works
while having the whole test system in a chroot.

[0] http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15427
[1]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2009-October/000228.html
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Arwed v. Merkatz Source Mage GNU/Linux developer
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